Three Royal Marines have been have been sentenced to military detention for their part in a ‘depraved’ initiation ceremony which included waterboarding and drinking a mix of urine and alcohol from a paddling pool. Judge Advocate Robert Hill said Carlo Nicholson had been subjected to “40 minutes of depravity and naked humiliation” by commandos based at Royal Marine Condor in Arbroath in May 2014. Nicholson said he was left feeling suicidal following the “joining run” event which was watched by 80 drunken men RT reports: Marines Ian Tennet, Scott Simm and James Taylor were all sentenced to custodial sentences for mistreatment of a subordinate at Portsmouth Naval base’s court martial center. Tennet was given 11 months while his two accomplices were given eight months each for carrying out an initiation ritual witnessed by dozens of other service personnel at Royal Marines Condor base in Scotland in 2014. A fourth commando, Ryan Logan, was ordered to complete 220 hours of community service. Judge Advocate Robert Hill said the ordeal had been “40 minutes of depravity and naked humiliation” for the victims. “The suggestion has been made it was nothing more than a rite of passage, and its purpose was not to [...]
